Deaths | deces
2776 LEE, William E. (RMC 1940) C.D. Major RCHA (retired) Passed peacefully away in his sleep, December 9th, 2007 in his 86th year. Born Thorndale, Ontario, 12 October, 1922, educated there, in London, Ontario and Royal Military College from 1940 – 42. “D” Day veteran serving with 94th Bty 3rd Cdn A/tk Regiment. Continued to…
Retirements
Retirement Maj Richard Groves (RMC PG ‘03) , 78d Log Air, DMG Compt Maj Richard Groves, 78d Log Air, will be retiring from the CF on 21 January 2008 after more than 23 years of loyal and dedicated service. He joined the Reg Force in June 1984 under ROTP initially as a pilot trainee. He…
Top Headlines | À la une
Many e-Veritas readers will be interested in knowing that there is a new TV series called “Jetstream” – on the Discovery Channel that will follow seven pilots from 410 Squadron as they go through training to be CF-18 pilots. “Jetstream” chronicles the lives of an elite group of eight young pilots as they learn to…
What’s Happening At RMC | Que se passe-t-il au CMR?
Varsity Teams Back EarlyWhile the majority of cadets were not due back to the college until the past weekend for the start-up of classes this past Monday, RMC varsity athletes were busy applying their skills at various locations across the country, over the holidays – highlighted by a year end trip to Calgary by the…
Catching Up With the News | Se remettre au courant
Ex-Cadets and Grad students did well in the Appointments 2007 – Generals and Flag Officers. Source: R 241221Z DEC 07 Canforgen 198/07 CDS 047/07 12141 Rear-Admiral Bryn M Weadon (CMR 1979) was appointed Assistant Deputy Minister (Finance and Corporate Services) at NDHQ Ottawa. weadon.bm@forces.gc.ca 7928 BGen (Ret’d) Cajo Brando (CMR RMC 1969), who was special…
Where are they now? | Où sont-ils/elles?
5188 John JD Lawson (RMC 1961) retired from business in 2001 and has since served on the Boards of a variety of biotech and technology based companies. Currently he serves on the Board of Nav Canada the national provider of air traffic control services and is Chairman of International Water-Guard Industries Inc., headquartered in Vancouver.…
Ex-Cadets in the News | Anciens dans les nouvelles
Ex Cadet CEO To Watch In 2008 JIM LEECH, CEO, ONTARIO TEACHERS’ PENSION PLAN As head of the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan’s private-equity arm, Jim Leech, 60, outmuscled rival bidders for BCE Inc. in pulling off a $35 billion takeover with two U.S. private-equity firms. In spearheading the largest corporate acquisition in Canadian history, Leech…
Flashback | Rétrospective
A Thoroughly Canadian General: a Biography of General H.D.G. Crerar by Paul Douglas Dickson (University of Toronto Press, 571 pages, $55) More info Harry Crerar was Canada’s most important soldier during the Second World War, but despite his considerable accomplishments he is an almost forgotten figure. Crerar had neither the brilliance of his subordinate, the…
Misc
‘I was bouncing down like a pinball’ 15414 CATHERINE PAQUET-RIVARD (CMR ‘85) From Saturday’s Globe and Mail – December 8, 2007 LA VALLÉE BLANCHE, FRANCE – We had been skiing and boarding for more than two hours toward Chamonix down La Vallée Blanche of France’s Mont Blanc range. My husband, Pierre, children Laurence and Simon,…
We get emails | Nous recevons des courriels
I applied for the Rhodes Scholarship this past September and attended an interview selection process with 9 other candidates in Alberta. The application was a rigorous one and I spent many hours fine tuning the most important piece of the package, the personal statement. This statement stated my intentions for proposed study at oxford and…
Extra Innings | Manches supplémentaires
Many thanks to all our readers who are life members or who are annual members of the RMC Club of Canada. In particular, all of you who stepped up and took out a life membership over the past 12 months demonstrated a tangible sign of support for the current Club leadership.2008 promises to be another…
Thank You & Happy New Year
Thank you for reading e-Veritas…2007 was a great year for this site, complete with a new format and a strong, loyal and growing readership. 2008 will mark the site’s fourth year, and we can’t thank you enough for allowing us the continued opportunity to keep you “connected” to the RMC community. We have many to…